As the Manager of Data Science within Capital One’s AI Foundations LLM Customization team, you will lead a cross-functional group to develop cutting-edge AI solutions that transform customer interactions with financial services. Your daily responsibilities include collaborating with data scientists, engineers, and product managers to build innovative NLP models using technologies like PyTorch, Hugging Face, AWS Ultraclusters, and LangChain. You will specialize in adapting large language models for business-specific applications, ensuring they are robust and scalable in production environments. Ideal candidates possess hands-on experience with LLMs and open-source tools, a passion for AI/ML innovation, and the ability to influence cross-functional teams towards breakthrough solutions. Technical expertise in areas such as training optimization, self-supervised learning, explainability, and RLHF is essential, along with a proven track record of delivering scalable models at both training and inference stages.
Lead the customization and finetuning of Large Language Models for business-specific applications.
Design, train, evaluate, and validate NLP models across all development phases.
Collaborate with engineering teams to operationalize AI models in scalable production systems.
Utilize advanced ML technologies like Pytorch, Hugging Face, and AWS Ultraclusters.
Expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP) to innovate next-generation AI products.
Drive breakthrough innovations by influencing cross-functional teams in AI/ML projects.
What we're looking for
Extensive hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and open-source tools.
Expertise in Natural Language Processing (NLP) for business-specific applications.
Proven ability to build, train, evaluate, and operationalize NLP models at scale.
Strong background in advanced ML/DL technologies including self-supervised learning.
Experience delivering scalable solutions using cloud computing platforms like AWS.
Track record of influencing cross-functional teams towards AI/ML breakthroughs.
Market check
Salary context
This
$197,300–$225,100
range sits above
64%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$149,260–$225,100
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$163,500–$223,350
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About Capital One Financial
Capital One Financial is a bank holding company specializing in credit cards, auto loans, banking, and savings products, known for its data-driven approach to consumer and commercial finance. Industry: Financial Services & Banking
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